Mellitus
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Mellitus was the first bishop of London in the Saxon period, the third archbishop of Canterbury, and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons from their native pag
Passion scenes from the St Augustine Gospels, possibly brought by Mellitus to England
Stone marking the site of Mellitus's grave in St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
Justus
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Justus was the fourth archbishop of Canterbury. Pope Gregory the Great sent Justus from Italy to England on a mission to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native paganism; he probably arrived w
Mellitus
…or documents from this synod remain, although some were forged in the 1060s and 1070s at Canterbury. During his time as a bishop, Mellitus joined with Justus, the Bishop of Rochester, in signing a letter that Laurence wrote to the Celtic bishops urging the Celtic Church to adopt the Roman method of calculating…
The evangelist portrait of Luke, from the St Augustine Gospels (c. 6th century), which may have accompanied Justus to Britain
The beginning of the charter in Textus Roffensis
Modern gravestone marking the burial site of Justus in St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury